Over the following weeks, I managed to “conveniently” run into her around
the office. It seemed she worked in a different department as a
secretary. Her name was Sharon, and she soon began to dominate my every
waking thought – not to mention my dreams! I was getting increasingly
frustrated, because I was so shy and keyed-up in person that all I could
stammer was a meek “hi” whenever I saw her. My big break came one Friday
afternoon, when I got an e-mail message from Sharon. Why hadn’t I
thought of e-mail before?

Contrary to my real-life personality, on computers I’m powerful – a
king, a god maybe. There’s nothing I can’t do, given time, and no
problem I can’t solve. When real life gets too tough, I can
always hide in the safety of the green glow of the terminal
screen. And when things are so bad that I’m afraid to sleep, that
green has been known to glow all night…